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Public schools here experience worst week since start of pandemic with 50 new cases

A student and a staff member at Beachland Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19 and 10 students quarantined ...

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Deputy, fired here for pepper-spraying inmate, once handcuffed Mike Wallace after traffic stop

The corrections deputy arrested and fired by the Sheriff’s Office last week for pepper-spraying an inmate three times ...

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Carol Staub’s experimental art is up to the challenge

On display through January, the work of mixed-media painter Carol Staub is in a special exhibition at Gallery ...

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New COVID-19 cases here lowest since New Year’s

New COVID-19 cases in the county were down significantly last week from the previous two weeks and the ...

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‘Rock Steady Boxing’ lets Parkinson’s patients fight back

Dr. S. James Shafer, founder of Vero Beach Neurology and Research Institute in Vero Beach, doesn’t believe in ...

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Assisted living residents finally getting vaccine

Six weeks after long-term care facilities were given top priority for the COVID-19 vaccine, and more than a ...

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Indian River Shores says it likely will leave Vero water-sewer utility in 2027

Indian River Shores Councilman John McCord told Vero Beach officials last week that the town will likely leave ...

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Elegant Orchid Island home has golf course and lake views

With long, beautiful golf course and lake views, a spacious, bountifully landscaped lot and an “H” configuration that ...

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Rail Trail 5K tracks down funds for local nonprofits

Participants in the third annual Rail Trail 5K Run/Walk to benefit the Executive Roundtable of Indian River County ...

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Impact 100 team has will, way to meet region’s needs

Gladys LaForge, Indian River Impact 100 president, hosted a virtual roundtable discussion last Wednesday on ‘The Need is ...

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‘Substance Abuse Free’ coalition: Join our cause if you can

The latest data from the 2020 Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS), a semiannual survey, is out, and ...

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A week’s worth of ‘Wow!’ for Quail Valley Charities

“Quail Valley Charities has a new look and feel this year,” said Kathy Mulvey, CEO/owner of Quail Valley ...